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Sailing thru Storms and Doldrums
When we last checked on The Volvo Ocean Race, 13 days from Abu Dhabi to China had ended with a tacking duel that pushed the exhausted crews to their limits. Leg 4 begins in Sanya Bay, homeport last-place boat, and ends in Auckland, New Zealand.
Race leader Telefónica had sailed to victory in the first three distance legs of the Volvo Ocean Race. But the Spanish boat stalled in the in-port races, often finishing last. This time, skipper Iker Martinez powered to a 41-second victory over America's Team Puma. The victory earned Telefónica another six points — 18 points over second-place Camper.
In the South China Sea, a fearsome monsoon was forming with 40-mph winds and 30-foot seas. Volvo Ocean Race meteorologists predicted "survival mode" conditions and warned of impending disaster. The Sydney Hobart race, when five boats sank and six people died, still haunted racers and race watchers.
Race Director Jack Lloyd ended the anxiety: "Leg 4 to Auckland will be split for reasons of safety," he said.
The leg was sundered into two stages, the first an inshore coastal course earning no points. "The fleet will then wait," he concluded, "until conditions are deemed safe enough for them to sail."
Underway — for a Short Stage
Team Puma charged to the lead during the 43-mile race to the towering three-sided statue of Guan Yin Buddha that guards the coast. But on the final run back to the Sanya Marina, the American boat hit a windless hole. Nemesis Telefónica and the rest of the fleet dodged the trap, leaving Puma to finish last almost 40 minutes behind the leader.
The staggered start the next morning proved needless. The fleet left Sanya on its 5,000-mile odyssey in almost windless conditions, bunched together like baby ducks.
A few hours later, as the boats rounded the cover of Hainan Island with Groupama leading Camper by two miles, the storm kicked in. It hit so hard that several sailors got seasick, a rarity amid seasoned ocean racers.
Aboard Abu Dhabi, Nick Dana described the brutal upwind conditions. "Imagine riding a mechanical bull … It spins around unpredictable, it moves up and down, side to side and manages to heel over when you least expect it. Now imagine trying to stand on that mechanical bull."
The Straits of Luzon is the narrow passage between the top of the Philippines and the bottom of Japan, with a million little islands scattered about like grains of rice. In a perfect world, the boats would simply round the Philippines and head south toward New Zealand. But there's usually no wind that way. Telefónica tried to cut the corner and came to a dead stop before tacking north and narrowly escaping. So the Volvos headed east, with Camper and Groupama trading leads.
Ken Read and the Puma gang on Mar Mostro have had bad luck and were looking like underachievers. So in last place and pushed north by a giant header off Taiwan, the team took a gamble and sailed north to Japan. The plan was to find the strong north winds first, boomerang around the top of the light winds and come blasting in from the east with the best angle to hit the steady trade winds south.
For almost a week, the fleet pounded east across the Pacific in search of the powerful Northwest Trade Winds.
Gambling for Home
Once into the Trades, it was champagne sailing — close reaching in big wind — exactly what the surfboard-style, flat-bottomed Volvo boats were designed for.
Team Puma sailed 522.14 nautical miles at an average speed of 21.7 knots.
"Five hundred twenty-three miles in 24 hours is a lot of miles for a sailboat," said Team Puma media crewman Amory Ross.
Groupama had a run of 501nm, averaging 20.9 knots. Abu Dhabi posted 507nm at an average of 21.1 knots. Overall race leader Telefónica joined the 500 club with a 500.32 run.
As the fleet hit the equator at the edge of the Solomon Islands, a third crossing of the windless Doldrums loomed. Each skipper tried to dodge the dangerous line squalls that vandalize equipment and crew — especially at night when the violent storms are hidden from view.
Groupama and Team Puma tracked east of the Solomons. Telefónica, Camper and Sanya took the shorter but riskier western route right through the mostly uncharted island chain and wind shadows. Abu Dhabi got caught in the middle.
In the end, after 20 grueling days, east or west didn't matter for anyone but the winner Groupama, whose eastern gambit and timely turn to the south paid off, even after a gushing bow leak at the end. The rest of the fleet came together in a giant ball of tired confusion amidst killer 30-knot winds and 25-foot waves. Team Puma's gamble paid off, earning second place. Telefónica finished third — with hometown favorite Camper less than 20 seconds behind.
Next Stop: Itajai, Brazil.
Between Carr's reports, follow the race at volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasters say a storm system approaching Georgia will bring the threat of widespread damaging winds and isolated tornadoes to the state.
The National Weather Service early Wednesday morning issued a tornado watch for nine counties in northwest Georgia through 1 p.m. Wednesday. It included the cities of Calhoun, Carrollton, Cartersville, Dallas, Rome and Summerville.
Forecasters say a squall line capable of the damaging weather is expected to move through Georgia Wednesday. The line of storms is expected to push into northwest Georgia Wednesday morning and track through the Atlanta metro area by mid-afternoon Wednesday.
A high wind warning was issued for nine counties in the north Georgia mountains and included the cities of Blairsville, Dahlonega and Cleveland. A wind advisory covered several more counties in north and central Georgia.

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Hello everyone, I have a 92 S10 i've been in love with for years... just put a Jasper motor in it after 260K (wouldn't pass smog but ran strong). I'm thinking of purchasing a 2004 safari AWD with the 4.3 for my family (had our first child a few months ago). I'm wondering if anyone has any advice what to look for on this year. My mechanic said fuel issues are common. It seems like people commonly get about 18mpg? My s10 only gets about 12 but I live in the mountains and I think i need to replace the injectors.
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Wow. Emma Watson looked spectacular last night at the Berlin premiere of Noah. It's just a black dress with an interesting back. It's not the greatest black dress I've ever seen. And from certain angles, the material seems kinda prommy. But none of that matters because of the styling. I love the lip. I love the hair. She's telling you not to see her as a girl anymore. And we're definitely on our way.
Maybe it's time to change that IMDB photo. This is the one they're still using on her page:
Her publicist needs to update that, non? But I wonder if they're too busy trying to spin Noah. Noah opens in two weeks. And so far it's been nothing but negative headlines. So far, on two stops of the press tour, Russell Crowe hasn't been there. Last week he was in Istanbul shooting a movie. The official story then is that it's scheduling. He'll likely join the rest of the cast in the bigger markets for a last push to turn it around. A miracle on the way?


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Bobby Valentine has outlawed alcohol in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse. He has also banned alcohol on flights that come at the end of a road trip. Although Valentine did not discuss the rule with the team prior to enacting it, David Ortiz is on board and provided a much-needed voice of reason.
"We're not here to drink," said slugger David Ortiz. "We're here to play baseball. You know what I'm saying? This ain't no bar. This is an organization, a place that needs a lot of athleticism. Alcohol has nothing to do with that. People have alcohol in their houses. If you want to drink it, drink at home."
John Lackey could not be reached for comment. He was probably at home.
Manager Bobby Valentine bans alcohol in Boston's clubhouse [MLB]


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Toshiba has already launched some of the powerful Android tablets in the past. This year, the company surprised us with its latest tablet device, the Toshiba Excite X10. This tablet was announced last month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in Las Vegas. The Toshiba Excite X10 is touted to be the world's thinnest and lightest 10 inch tablet measuring just 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thin and weighing just 1.18 pounds (535g).
Toshiba Excite X10 will be finally available for purchase in the US, starting from next week. However, the company will sell this device with a new name, the Toshiba Excite 10 LE. Toshiba will sell both the 16 GB model as well as the 32 GB model in the US. If you are planning to buy this amazing tablet device, then check out the complete specs below.
Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division, said,
"Excite 10 LE embodies what a luxury tablet should be. We have engineered this tablet with premium materials and components, given it elegant yet durable styling and more connectivity options than any other tablet in its class, while fitting everything into an astonishingly thin and light design."
Toshiba Excite X10 features 10.1 inch IPS display, sporting a resolution of with 1280 x 800 pixels, 1.2 Ghz dual-core OMAP 4430 processor, Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS (upgradable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS), 5 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel front-facing camera, DLNA capability and more.
Other features include a 3.5 mm headset jack, Wi-Fi 801.11 b/g/n, microSD card slot, 32 GB expandable memory, Toshiba Media Player, Think Free Office, Evernote, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, Micro-HDMI, Micro-USB 2.0, Android Market and Toshiba's SRS sound enhancement technology.
The 16 GB model of Toshiba Excite 10 LE comes with a price-tag of just $529.99. On the other hand, you can get the 32 GB model for $599.99. The Toshiba Excite 10 LE will be available for purchase from March 6, 2012.


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Villa Adriana Tivoli
Villa Adriana, a UNESCO Heritage Site since 1999, continues to marvel generations that come to pass 20 centuries after it was built. On return from Egypt & Greece, Emperor Hadrian decided to make a retreat villa (from the chaotic city of Rome) similar to the architecture and worship that he learnt in the eastern section of his empire.
At the end of his reign, Hadrian had his quarters in this impressive villa of 1 sq km. There were various edifices including theatres, Greek and Latin libraries, two bathhouses, formal gardens with fountains, statues, pools, underground for servants, extensive housing for guests and the palace staff.
Today, the villa located 25 km north east of Rome, is nothing but ruins of what was once the glamour of its time.
Little remains of the original villa, because materials were reused to make Villa D'Este in the area, looted by barbarians or civilians and neglected for centuries. Though,16th century excavations brought to life parts of the villa, still large section remains unearthed.
The various sections of the complex recovered in part are: Hall of Doric Pillars (basilica), Temple of Venus, Greek Theatre, Maritime Theatre (Hadrian's small favorite island), Hall of Philosophers (library), Heliocaminus (baths), Nymphaeum Stadium, Poecile (large garden with swimming pool), Canopus (god Serapis sanctuary with 119 m long canal decorated with statues), Large and Small Thermae (hot & cold baths) and Piazza d'Oro (formal dinning room).
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Corniel lost his life in the Iraq war. IndyMac then lost between $71,000 and
$36,000 of the $370,000 life insurance policy Corniel purchased to
ensure the livelihood of his family.
I can't say that I was shocked so much as I
was disappointed when I viewed reader responses on our website.
Some comments blamed Corniel's mother, Elaine Lopez, for investing poorly, while others seemed
to equate losing a son in war with winning the lottery.
I don't dispute that Lopez could
have invested her money more wisely, but at the same time it's not like she went out and bought a Cadillac. Lopez placed $70,000
in a money market checking account and the remaining $300,000 in a
CD, from which she used the $1450 a month interest yield to sustain her
I believe Lopez, when she says that
IndyMac Bank managers persuaded her not to withdraw the money by
claiming the addition of a third beneficiary would insure the entire sum.
The Monday after the news of Indy
Mac's financial trouble broke, I went to Indy Mac and spoke with
patrons. My questions were met by belligerent customers who informed
me that bank representatives warned them against speaking with the
press, and cited the media as a cause for Indy Mac's problems.
Funny, I don't remember receiving a check from Indy Mac for managing
their stocks to 23 cents a share, what they were prior to any
article running.
Despite my Ivy League education, the
hours I spent reading regulations, the two interviews I conducted with
securities lawyers, and numerous calls to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Company, I still fail to understand how the FDIC is not
returning somewhere between $36,000 and $71,000 of Lopez's money.
Sure, Lopez was nave for taking
the word of a bank manager. But I bet she wasn't the only one to lose
money because of promises made by IndyMac representatives. It's
possible that IndyMac's employee's weren't intentionally deceiving Lopez. Maybe bank officials just didn't comprehend the same regulations that
two securities lawyers, and a financial adviser failed to understand
well enough to answers my questions. But should incompetence excuse so-called officials from accountability?
When did regulations start to cloud
our understanding of right and wrong? After all regulations are
created by men, frequently flawed, and certainly subject to change.
Some have argued that Lopez should feel
lucky to still have $300,000. Why? Because her son went to great
lengths to protect his family? The $370,000 wasn't a gift from the
government or a death benefit, but something that Corniel payed for
with both his money and life.
Despite promises that he would be a
recruiter, and by the spring of 2005 Corniel was back in Iraq, stationed
with the 184th Infantry out of Fullerton, CA..The 184th
was sustaining heavy causalities when Corniel decided to purchase
the additional $170,000 in life insurance.
As an Iraq veteran, I knew a lot of
servicemen who declined to pay the $40 a month for the $250,000 in Serviceman's Group Life
Insurance. At the same time I was never aware of anyone who sought additional life insurance. But Corniel,
who was the patriarch of his family, wanted to ensure that his two
younger sisters and mother were taken care of in the event of his
On New Years Eve of 2005, most
23-year-old-Americans were drinking themselves into stupors while
Corniel was defending their freedom to do so. As a former Marine
attached to "Killer" company, Corniel had already seen a good deal
of combat. But unlike some men, he didn't try to get a family
hardship discharge and avoid his second tour. Corniel sacrificed his
life for our freedom, with the knowledge his family would be able survive in his absence.
Corniel's legacy was intended to send
his sisters to college, and support his illmother, not pad the bank
accounts of rich men, as some would argue his service did. I urge
Americans to remember Corniel as they drive their yellow ribbon
adorned sport utility vehicles. And think about the regulations that
qualify the loss of his legacy, while justifying the outlandish
incomes of IndyMac's executives. In the end you can blame Lopez for mismanaging the money, but don't think it couldn't happen to you.


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|Mitchell, Curtis
|Bergen-Belsen Photographs
|Photographs taken following the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
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Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp in north Germany near the city of Celle and was located between the villages of Bergen and Belsen. The camp was originally built in 1940 as a prisoner-of-war camp for Belgium and French prisoners and in 1941 it was named Stalag 311. But in April 1943 it was designated as a concentration camp to be administered by the SS and was given the name Bergen-Belsen. Its purpose was to operate as a detention camp for prisoners who might be exchanged for German nationals in Allied countries. However, there were relatively few exchanges.
The camp was divided into at least eight sections: a detention camp, two women's camps, a special camp, a neutrals camp, a "star" camp, and Hungarian camp, and a tent camp. The tent camp was for prisoners who were either sick or had been injured. One of the prisoners at this tent camp was Anne Frank who later died from typhus before the camp was liberated by the British on April 15, 1945.
As allied troops advanced Bergen-Belsen became flooded with thousands of Jewish prisoners from camps nearer the front. By April 15 the camp was seriously overcrowded with 60,000 prisoners. The overcrowding, poor sanitation, and lack of food and water led to the typhus epidemic which caused the deaths of thousands of people.
The photographs which comprise this collection were taken at the camp presumably hours after the liberation. Colonel Curtis Mitchell was the Director of the Pictorial Branch of the U.S. Army under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Colonel Mitchell took a staff photographer into the camp with him and these photographs were the result. The photographs do not reflect the full horror of this concentration camp. Many are of the physical layout of the camp as the vistas, the buildings, and the interiors. Some of the photographs show the prisoners, who had survived, engaged in activities as cooking, eating, showering, and standing in groups. There are also graphic images of the mass graves with their piles of dead bodies. Printed information is included on the reverse side of each photograph.
The collection is open for research.
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum (www.thebreman.org) holds photographs and a memoir created by Curtis Mitchell.
[Identification of item], Bergen-Belsen Photographs, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
The photographs were donated by Curtis Mitchell and Marie Saul. Colonel Curtis Mitchell had given the photographs to his nephew Mitchell Saul many years before.
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Holocaust survivors -- Germany -- Belsen (Bergen, Celle) -- Pictorial works.
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Refugees, Jewish -- Germany -- Belsen (Bergen, Celle) -- Pictorial works.
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If you thought it couldn't get any crazier than a dog shooting their owner by kicking the man's gun, brace yourself.
A gun owner in Florida was arrested on Wednesday after he opened fire at a suspected Walmart shoplifter because he said he felt threatened and wanted to "mark" the man's car for police.
As unarmed 42-year-old Eddie McKee allegedly ran from an Orange City Walmart with stolen merchandise, 35-year-old Jose Martinez pulled out his gun and fired at least five bullets, according to WKMG...Orange City police argued that surveillance video showed that the gun owner was never in danger because McKee was in the process of fleeing when the shooting occurred.


text: Show Hide image Culture 29 November 2012 From Michael Lewis to Montaigne, the best writers first live an interesting life Ed Smith's "Left Field" column. Sign-up A most unusual kind of jealousy settled over me this week: envy for the life of an 18th- or 19th century clergyman. Fortunately, I can explain. What do the following thinkers have in common? Thomas Bayes (Bayesian probability). Thomas Malthus (over-population), Edmund Cartwright (who invented the power loom), George Garrett (who invented the submarine). They were all parish priests. The point, fortunately, is not that we have to enter the priesthood to think better. It wasn't necessarily God that inspired them; it was autonomy. The Church inadvertently protected them from the need to "pursue a career" with their inventions and scientific research. Their research was self-directed, guided by personal whims and passions, rather than restricted by the rules of academic disciplines. They were hobbyists not "professionals". We should remember their example. That is one of the brilliant arguments in Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb's new book. Taleb himself started writing when he was still a trader. His day job bought him freedom, time and autonomy to follow his intellectual passions. He wrote as he chose. Taleb is not alone. Stendhal was a diplomat, Trollope worked as a civil servant for the Post Office, Kafka was employed by an insurance company. Just do something Taleb's argument makes me feel better about the awkwardness I suffer when I am asked how to pursue a "career" in writing. I've always wanted to say this: "Don't! If you really want to write, then do so. Just don't view it as a prearranged career, a battle campaign to be planned. Writing isn't like that. Perhaps you need to do something else first." How many of your favourite writers, whether they are journalists or novelists, mapped out a career plan, ticking off all the available credentials and qualifications as they moved towards their prearranged destination? If your answer is more than none, then you clearly like different writers from me. Let me give three examples. They are all writers I greatly admire, drawn from very different genres, all of whom experienced life outside the literary world long before they paid the bills with their pens. Michael Lewis is probably the most widely read and influential journalist in the world. Following his series for Vanity Fair about the crisis in the eurozone, the Economist argued that "Europe trembles before Lewis's gaze". Lewis started out as a banker at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s. Being inside finance, rather than viewing it with contempt from the vantage point of the media or academia, did more than provide a grasp of financial detail. More importantly, Lewis understood the nature of the beast. What he had seen, felt and lived as a banker formed the insights of his books – even though they were written long after he had fallen out of love with finance. Lewis did not pursue "contacts", he lived his life. As a poet, calligrapher, librettist and novelist, Vikram Seth's work could not be more different from the urgent relevance of Lewis's writings. But the idea of Seth studying "creative writing" is as unlikely as Lewis taking a further degree in finance. At school, Seth was thought more likely to be a politician than a writer. After studying PPE at Oxford, he pursued macroeconomics at Stanford. The real world fascinated him first; the means of artistic expression came later. After Seth made an epic voyage through China, Tibet and Nepal, his father urged him to write up his travel notes. They became From Heaven Lake, his first book. Nor did Seth "plan" his books; he was too busy writing them. He wrote A Suitable Boy (over 1,400 pages) in full before submitting it to publishers. If Lewis is a champion of middle-distance running, and Seth leads the field over the marathon, Matthew Parris is one of our greatest sprinters, master of the 1,200-word essay. He was an MP before finding his voice as parliamentary sketch-writer and columnist for The Times. Public life came first, then the writer's life. The practical realm gave way to reflection. The careers – or, better, the lives – of Seneca and Montaigne follow the same pattern. Reflecting on all this led to a startling realisation. For 13 years, I was a professional cricketer. In my conscious mind, my ambitions in cricket were very simple and obvious – to play for England, to improve as a batsman, to succeed as a captain and so on. My friends often questioned why I carried on so long, even after I'd dropped out of contention for the England side. I can now see that the answers I gave – "I'm batting better this season . . . a breakthrough is round the corner" – were honest but incomplete. Away from the crease The untold story, which I didn't understand, let alone acknowledge, is that cricket informed the rest of my life. First, it provided rich experience. A day lived in a position of leadership teaches you more than a year spent studying leadership in others. Later, when I withdrew into the writer's world, I had a deep well of emotions and experiences with which I was still grappling. Secondly, cricket gave me freedom. For seven months a year, I had a reasonably secure job (albeit a very demanding one). In the other five months, I could write exactly as I wanted – whether books or journalism – without having to pretend to be someone else to please an editor or publisher. For five months a year, I could live as a self-tasking academic, only without any papers to mark or research proposals to submit. I could follow any intellectual threads that interested me, no matter how obscure or unconnected to my "career". In the process, I developed a love of freedom and autonomy that stayed with me even when writing replaced cricket as my main job. Aristotle's definition of the free man is one who is free with his opinions – as a side effect of being free with his time. The Church provided that freedom to the 19th-century parson. Cricket provided it for me. How back-to-front we get things. I used to think my vain, childish obsession with sport had taken up far too much time, preventing me from more serious pursuits. Now I feel only deep gratitude. Ed Smith's "Luck: What It Means and Why It Matters" is published by Bloomsbury (£16.99) Ed Smith is a journalist and author, most recently of Luck. He is a former professional cricketer and played for both Middlesex and England. Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! 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Hey there,
I am working on a web desktop application and have run into a problem when trying to dock the toolbar to the top of the desktop instead of the bottom. When I right click on a docked item the menu opens upward and off the viewport. I am trying to get the menu to open downward so the buttons are visible. I thought that it might be an issue with the constrain on it, so I set up a listener that would set constrain to false when the menu was opened. This ended up not being the issue. Does anyone have advice on what I should change in the menu's config, or should I be changing something else? Any help is appreciated.


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Cut the Rope is one of the bigger hits on the iOS platform; the physics-based puzzler has found great success teaching players how to slice through ropes and navigate obstacles in order to deliver a piece of candy to a hungry monster. The latest entry in the series is called Cut the Rope: Experiments, and it's a wonderful time. It's also over much too soon, and only two of the three sections offer anything new to veteran players.
Go ahead and watch the trailer if you're curious about how the game plays, but I'm guessing many of you are already fans. The first section of levels in the game gets you up to speed with the concepts and tricks of the original release. The other two sections add gimmicks to the gameplay that allow you to shoot ropes at the candy to help guide it where it needs to go, or to move the candy by manipulating a series of suction cups.
Both additions are clever and lead to some great puzzles, but with only 75 levels to play through, you can see all the content in a leisurely few hours.
Still, it's hard to criticize a game that's this much fun and only costs a dollar ($1.99 for the "HD" iPad version). It's true that you may not feel particularly challenged by most of the puzzles, but each one remains enjoyable and sometimes tricky; you'll certainly get more enjoyment out of this game than you would have from a soda that costs the same price. Plus, Cut the Rope games are supported with extra, free content down the road, and the game promises more puzzles are coming soon.
When my main complaint about a title is that I would have been willing to pay a higher price to get more of the game, that's a solid endorsement.


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Saying "I don't think I'm done with politics," former Senator Scott Brown stressed his ties to New Hampshire following a speech in Nashua on Thursday and refused to rule out a run for elective office in the Granite State.
Brown, speaking to reporters after delivering the keynote speech at a dinner to mark the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, noted that he owns a home in New Hampshire, has "been a taxpayer" there for 20 years, and has relatives who live in the state.
When asked directly if he would rule out a run for office in New Hampshire, Brown — who lost his reelection bid in Massachusetts in November to current Senator Elizabeth Warren — left his options open.
"I'm not going to rule out anything right now, because I really haven't thought a heck of a lot about it," said Brown. The Wrentham resident dashed the hopes of many of the Republican faithful in Massachusetts when he passed on the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
When a reporter said Thursday that "it would be Senator Shaheen's seat" in New Hampshire, a reference to Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen— who is up for reelection next year — Brown repeated a mantra that inspired supporters during his upset victory in the 2010 special Senate election in the Bay State.
"It's the people's seat," he said.
That line became a rallying cry in his stunning victory over Attorney General Martha Coakley to fill the Senate seat that was long held by the late Edward M. Kennedy and considered a lock to remain in Democratic hands that year.
But Brown stopped short of making any bold pronouncements in Nashua.
"Listen, I know Jeanne," Brown said. "Certainly, it's not something I've been spending any time really focusing on. I was asked to speak, I've been asked to speak at five or six other events coming up. I'm going to come and spend time here as I do every year. And I'm not sure what I'm going to do politically yet.
"I'm just recharging the batteries."
A spokesman for Brown declined to comment on Thursday, and Brown did not return calls seeking comment.
Jennifer Horn, chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party, said in an e-mail that she had no information about Brown's future plans.
"However, I would say that NH Republicans represent a broad spectrum of ideas and I am sure that if Sen.Brown chose to run here voters would listen to what he has to say and give him an honest chance," Horn wrote.
But Clare Kelly, executive director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, was less sanguine.
"We suspect the voters in New Hampshire will reject a candidate that has a record of voting with Wall Street and against the middle class, just as they did in Massachusetts last November," she said in a statement.
A spokesman for the Massachusetts GOP declined to comment.
Brown has remained largely out of public view since leaving office in January. He recently accepted a job at the Boston law firm of Nixon Peabody and is working as a Fox News contributor.
He rejected the notion on Thursday that his affiliation with the conservative network might hurt his standing with moderate voters.
"That's why they hired me, it's because I am a moderate," Brown said. "They don't have a moderate voice in the news media today on any station."
He also touted his moderate voting record in Washington, calling himself "the least partisan senator" during his tenure who bucked the GOP leadership on nearly half of his votes.
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Many Shorewood residents got a pleasant surprise this week, but it was a mistake.
The village mistakenly doubled the county sales tax credit, causing people's property tax bills to be lower than expected.
The village manager said he's taking the heat, and residents will soon be receiving corrected tax bills.
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When Mickey Mooney opened his Shorewood property tax bill, he was thrilled.
"I was happy. It's not every day it's less than you expect," Mooney said.
But when he went to pay it, he saw the signs that the decrease was a mistake. Nearly every Shorewood resident had the same experience. Tim Garland was frustrated.
"I run my own business, when I quote something, and somebody signs up, and I made an error, I have to eat it," Garland said.
Shorewood Village Manager Chris Swartz said staff caught the mistake shortly after taking bills to the post office. The city immediately began informing residents with signs, emails and direct mail. Swartz said most residents understood.
"When you make a mistake, you're judged on that, but you're also judged on how you react and fix it, and I think a lot of people were happy how we did that and got it back up and running," Swartz said.
Swartz said the recalculations will still result in a small rate decrease for most residents, including Mooney, who paid his taxes Tuesday afternoon.
"And we still get a refund," Mooney said.
State law allows homeowners to challenge such adjustments as they would any other assessment, but the village president said most residents have been understanding, probably because the corrected amount is about $100 lower than last year's bill.
The village said it will now review procedures to make sure this can't happen again.


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November 18, 2012
Via David Burkhead, the TSA has now taken to arresting people with artsy homemade watches and shoes. The nitwits at the Oakland airport said his watch could be used to make a timing device for a bomb.
Um…any watch could be used for that — especially digital ones. This watch, as Burkhead suggests, was probably some form of steampunk art — a sort of Jules Verne style that hamburger clerks hired to man "security" would surely have no idea of.
This is not grounds for taking a man's freedom.
From the AP story:
Geoffrey McGann, 49, of Rancho Palos Verdes was taken into custody Thursday night after he tried to pass through airport security with an ornate watch that had switches, wires and fuses, according to Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.A bomb squad arrived within five minutes and determined there were no explosive materials in the watch, Nelson said. The checkpoint was closed while officers secured the area.
McGann was taken to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin where he was charged with possessing materials to make an explosive device, sheriff's officials said. He was still in custody Friday night and could not be reached for comment.
McGann told Transportation Security Administration officers that he's an artist and the watch is art, Nelson said.
While no actual explosives were found, McGann was carrying potentially dangerous materials and appeared to have made alterations to his boots, which were unusually large and stuffed with layers of insoles, Nelson said.
A profile for a person named Geoffrey McGann on the website LinkedIn.com lists him as the owner and creative director of a media production company called Generator Content. He attended the Art College Center of Design in Pasadena from 1984 to 1987, according to the website.
These idiots, idiots at the TSA. This is a guy who makes commercials, not bombs. Here's his profile from his website.
A question: Will this be enough? Creative dudes getting arrested for having creative watches and funny shoes? What will it take before people start to realize they could be next? And that the degradation of our rights and the sheeplike, blinking acceptance of that paves the way for more and more degradation of our rights?
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Mr. Cath: "My father had heart disease, but didn't know it until after he was dead. When his doctor told him he'd died of a heart attack, Dad was shocked."
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Mr. Cath: "My father had heart disease, but didn't know it until after he was dead. When his doctor told him he'd died of a heart attack, Dad was shocked."
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- Unknown said...
If my doctor told me I ha died of a heart attack, I would be shocked too.
- October 2, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Maybe he survived the first code, heard the answer to "what happened", only to die of (non-ACLS)second shock?
- October 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM
"In retrospect, the fact that the only person he ever talked to was his doctor, and that his doctor was a blond 10-year-old kid, should have tipped him off."
- October 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Crazy RxMan said...
I remember last year one of my patients brought in an Rx for Lorazepam. She said it was to help her deal with a recent death "in the family." She was blubbering quite a bit and I felt really sorry for her. I tried to do the best a pharmacist can do in terms of consoling her. Apparently it had been a couple of weeks since the passing and she just couldn't deal with reality of it.
I felt really bad. I did. Up until the moment I found out she was talking about was a HAMSTER.
- October 2, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- ndenunz said...
Wouldn't he have had to be shocked first before his Dr. could tell him anything?
- October 2, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- Packer said...
Nah, Nah, I said illnesses. Dead is a state of being not an illness.
Let's try this one again, okay.
- October 2, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Loren Pechtel said...
That doc must be a really good communicator if he can get through to the dead.
- October 2, 2012 at 8:26 PM
- Stephanie said...
An RN friend of mine was once paged to a patient's room after a "code blue" announcement had gone over the intercom. Her patient was extremely distressed, wanted to know "IS THAT CODE BLUE FOR ME?"
- October 3, 2012 at 12:31 AM
Doctor, I never thought YOU'D make it up here!
- October 3, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Don't think much of the old guy's doc for his Monday morning quarter-backing, after the event, but sure am impressed by his awesome meta- communications skills! I think gramps was so shocked because of the doc's determination to get the message thru to the *other side*!
- October 4, 2012 at 4:52 AM
How could anyone tell that his dad was shocked?
- October 7, 2012 at 7:36 PM
Don't tell me, he was so shocked that he turned pale and cold...
- October 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM


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We can have confidence in the risen Christ, the Holy Father reminds pilgrims April 11.
Believers in Christ can look to his resurrection as a source of fearless confidence, Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square at his first general audience of the 2012 Easter season.
Jesus' victory over death, the Pope said on April 11, "transforms our lives; it frees them from fear, gives them firm hope, and infuses them with something that provides existence with full meaning: the love of God."
The Pope traveled by helicopter from Castel Gandolfo to deliver his general audience in St. Peter's Square. After blessing a mosaic image of the Holy Family for next month's World Meeting of Families in Milan, he taught 25,000-plus pilgrims about the strength and courage found in the Resurrection.
This freedom from fear was first experienced by Christ's disciples, who felt anxiety and uncertainty after his death and the discovery of his empty tomb.
As the Pope recounted, "This situation of anguish changed radically when Jesus arrived. He entered through the closed doors, was among them and brought them peace."
Jesus also displayed the wounds of his death, thus "confirming the new reality of the Resurrection."
"Thus, in the shining light of Easter, in the meeting with the Risen One, the disciples came to understand the salvific meaning of his passion and death. Then sadness and fear became overwhelming joy."
During the same encounter, Jesus declared to his disciples: "Peace be with you." According to Pope Benedict, this was more than a simple greeting.
"It was a gift, the gift the Risen One made to his friends. At the same time, it was a commission: The peace which Christ had bought with his blood was for them, but it was also for everyone else, and the disciples would have to carry it throughout the world."
Jesus also breathed upon the disciples, declaring: "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
The Pope described this gesture as "the sign of a new creation. With the gift of the Holy Spirit, which came from the risen Christ, a new world began."
"Today, too, the Risen One enters our homes and hearts, although sometimes the doors are closed," he reflected.
Christ enters "bringing joy and peace, life and hope, gifts we need for our human and spiritual rebirth."
Jesus offered this same gift of hope in his appearance to two disciples whom he met on the road to Emmaus. At first, they did not understand the reality of the Resurrection, nor did they recognize Jesus as he walked with them.
The Pope recounted how Jesus traveled and spoke with them, explaining why it was that the Messiah had to suffer and be raised from the dead. Eventually, Jesus revealed his identity to the travelers as he celebrated the Eucharist with them.
"This episode," the Pope said, "shows us two privileged places in which we can meet the Risen One who transforms our lives": the Eucharist and the word of God in Scripture.
When the two disciples returned to Jerusalem, "their enthusiasm for the faith was reborn, their love for the community and their need to communicate the good news. The Master rose, and with him, all life resurges. Bearing witness to this event became an irrepressible need for them."
Today, Pope Benedict said, the risen Christ remains present through the Eucharist, strengthening believers just as he did in the Church's first Easter season.
"In Communion, Jesus nourishes us with his body and his blood, becoming present in our lives, making us new and animating us with the power of the Holy Spirit."
Following this teaching, Pope Benedict greeted different groups of pilgrims in several languages, including a delegation from the NATO Defense College and a newly ordained group of deacons from the Pontifical Irish College.
"During this Easter season," he urged the English-speaking pilgrims, "let us resolve to walk in the company of the risen Christ and allow our lives to be transformed by faith in him and by the power of his resurrection."
The Pope gave his apostolic blessing and sang the "Our Father" in Latin, before returning to his residence at Castel Gandolfo.


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The girl, who has not been named, is understood to have a similar eye defect to Madeleine, prompting members of the public to believe she is the missing child.
The DNA sample is a conclusive way of proving her identity, said Detective Senior Sergeant Kallum Croudis of Dunedin Police.
"The results of this process will not be known for some time," he told New Zealand newspaper The Southland Times.
On New Year's Eve police launched a five-day investigation when a retailer became suspicious of a man and a young girl, who bore a resemblance to Madeleine.
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Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her family's Portuguese holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007 as her parents dined at a nearby restaurant with friends.
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In addition to the Pitcher of the Year honor, Messina was also named to the All-NEC First Team where she was joined by senior Arielle Bruno and junior Kat Malcolm. Senior Tessa Brown was also honored by the conference as she was named to the All-NEC Second Team.
Messina, who was named NEC Pitcher of the Week an impressive six times this season, completed the regular season tied for first in the nation with 13 shutouts and led the conference in strikeouts (240), batters struck out looking (58) and posts a season ERA of 1.42. The junior has broken five CCSU career pitching records in her tenure as a Blue Devil including most wins (73), most complete games (93), most shutouts (32), most strikeouts (693) and most innings pitched (690.0).
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Bruno was named to the All-NEC First Team after posting an impressive season for the Blue Devils. The senior leads the squad with a .355 batting average, 49 hits and 28 runs. She also holds four CCSU career records including most hits (219), most runs scored (148) and is ranked in the top 10 in 10-of-11 offensive categories.
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By Anna Schecter
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July 12, 2012
Though Katie Holmes has not addressed reports that Scientology was a reason she split with Tom Cruise, a former Church of Scientology spokesman said some families, including his own, were torn apart when one spouse wanted to leave the religion.
"My wife, my son, my daughter, my mother….they disconnected from me. They will not communicate with me," said Mike Rinder in an interview with Kate Snow airing on Thursday, July 12 at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.
Rinder joined the church as a child in Australia and rose to be Scientology's international spokesman before he left the church in 2007.
He said he had been unhappy inside the church for a long time, but was afraid to leave because he said the church encouraged members to cut ties with relatives who want to leave.
"Part of that environment is keeping track of how people think…it's a crime to …think bad thoughts about what's going on and people will turn you in. Even your spouse will turn you in or your children will turn you in and then you'll be in trouble," he said.
When he finally decided to leave, he said he called his wife of 31 years and their two children and asked them to join him.
"The first thing that I did was I contacted them and said, 'Okay, I'm done. I'm gone. I'm in Virginia. Please come and join me.' And the answer was, 'F-you.' Literally," he said.
In addition to losing his family, Rinder said he has been harassed by the church, an assertion the church denies.
"They've had private investigators follow me for months and months and months, everywhere I went," he said.
In 1998, Rinder was on the other side of the fence, defending Scientology in an interview with Dateline.
"There isn't and hasn't been any effort which has been taken to quote silence critics," said Rinder to Dateline in 1998.
Today, Rinder says he frequently lied to the public in his role as a church spokesman.
The Church of Scientology says it does not encourage members to cut ties with relatives who have left the church.
In a letter to NBC News, an attorney for the church wrote that Rinder is, "untrustworthy, unreliable and biased," adding that he is a self-promoter who is using a tragic personal matter to forward his own anti-Scientology agenda. The church denies following or harassing Rinder after he left the church.
The church has said Rinder abandoned his wife and their two children and has accused him of being violent towards his ex-wife and other members of the church.
NBC News could not reach Rinder's ex-wife for comment.
Rinder said at times he was violent towards some church members prior to his separation from the Church of Scientology, but said it was all part of the environment inside the church.
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How to set an SSH timeout
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To easily handle disconnected or even idle clients connected via SSH to your server, you'll want to look at the problem from two angles: ClientAlive and shell TMOUT.
Configuring SSH ClientAlive Settings
When a client remotely connects via SSH to your (properly configured) Linux-based server, the server will execute a series of KeepAlive requests to connected clients at designated intervals. Upon each execution, the server sends a packet to the client to verify that the client connection is still valid and functional. Should this KeepAlive packet exchange ever fail the server can automatically sever that connection.
To ensure your server terminates any SSH clients that do not respond properly you must edit your
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To begin, open the
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# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
Port 22
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There are three settings you should locate — or add if necessary — in your
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Below are the default settings for most SSH daemon installations:
ClientAliveInterval 0
TCPKeepAlive yes
ClientAliveInterval determines how frequently an encrypted (and therefore difficult-to-spoof).
TCPKeepAlive packet is transmitted to the client (in seconds). This setting works in tandem with
ClientAliveCountMax, which determines how many
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With a default setting of zero seconds for the
ClientAliveInterval, most SSH daemon installations will not transmit these
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You can easily enable
ClientAlive packet transmission by altering or changing these settings in your
sshd_config file. For example, to send a maximum of 4 packets at an interval of 15 seconds apart, add these lines to the
sshd_config file:
ClientAliveInterval 15
The third setting of
TCPKeepAlive behaves similarly to the
ClientAliveCountMax and
ClientAliveInterval duo, except
TCPKeepAliveuses unencrypted packets (sent over the TCP protocol) to verify that clients are still connected.
TCPKeepAlive ensures that there will not be any "ghost" client connections to your server that may consume resources. On the other hand, if there are any temporary internet hiccups that may sever the connection between an SSH-connected client and your server, the
TCPKeepAlive protocol may disconnect that user.
To enable (or disable)
TCPKeepAlive, set the value in the
sshd_config file to either yes or no:
TCPKeepAlive yes
As usual after making any changes to your
sshd_config file, be certain to save the file then restart your SSH daemon:
Disconnecting Idle SSH Clients
While the use of the ClientAlive and
TCPKeepAlive settings in your
sshd_config will handle any connections that were improperly severed, that has no impact on SSH client connections that are simply idle for a lengthy period of time. If security is paramount, you may wish to sever idle SSH connections to your server.
For most Linux distributions, disconnecting an idle client can be easily handled using the TMOUT bash setting within your bashrc file. Since you'll likely want to specify settings that apply to all users, you should edit the
/etc/bash.bashrc file (for user-specific settings open
~/.bashrc instead):
# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.
# To enable the settings / commands in this file for login shells as well,
# this file has to be sourced in /etc/profile.
To add an idle client disconnection, simply add the following to the end of the
bash.bashrc file:
readonly TMOUT
export TMOUT
The TMOUT setting is the number of seconds a client can be connected and idle before a timeout is detected and the connection is dropped by the server. You can use a fairly small value at first to test your settings, but a reasonable value should be used in production.
Once the settings are changed and
bash.bashrc has been saved, you may now open a new SSH connection with your server and wait. After your set TMOUT period has elapsed your connection will be severed:
Wed Oct 15 03:09:41 EDT 2014
account@ubuntu:~# ssh email@example.com
root@Main:~# date
Wed Oct 15 03:09:47 EDT 2014
root@Main:~# timed out waiting for input: auto-logout
Connection to 123.123.456.78 closed
account@ubuntu:~# date
Wed Oct 15 03:14:53 EDT 2014
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Ms. Mary K. Seville
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Mr. Mark Colussy
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Mr. Pat Miller
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Friday, Les Filles Louisville – one of the first boutiques to open in the newly formed South Fourth District, or SOFO – held a trunk show in their new digs at 558 S. Fourth St., featuring pieces from Chicago-based fashion designer Lauren Lein of Lauren Lein Ltd. NFocus Louisville social correspondent Tonya Abeln hosted the trunk show.
The latest iteration of Les Filles came about when the Louisville Downtown Development Corporation, the driving force behind the revitalization of the two blocks between the Seelbach and Brown hotels, courted boutique owner Melissa Murphy Willis over a year and a half ago to open a new store in the burgeoning district, the locally handmade wares fitting the mold the LDDC sought for their vision; Regalo and Celebrations were the other original signatories to the plan. The original Les Filles Boutique closed in February of this year when that store's lease in the Westport Village Shopping Center expired, prompting Willis to open the smaller Les Filles Petite in Middletown to help her get through until the SOFO store opened last week; the Middletown location will close around the end of April.
Millinery – whose millinery is in the back of the new boutique – said that Les
Louisville was at a great location. "One, it's downtown, and two, it's in between the Brown and the
. When people come to visit Louisville, they need places to shop. So I think this is
be a great opportunity for everyone, and I'm just excited for people who are coming here to visit to have great places to come and buy lovely things."
Lein began her career 22 years ago in Detroit, designing suits for professional women before relocating to Chicago two years later when she found a larger client base for her designs. Her trunk show in Louisville is the designer's first collaboration with Les
"I got involved with Melissa through Jenny. Jenny and I are really
back in Chicago, and we've done a bunch of shows together in Chicago. I also serve with her on the Apparel Industry Board. Through her, she told me about Melissa's store. Melissa was going to start carrying clothes... Jenny knows that I do a lot of custom, and I have always, for some reason, thought that I would be a really good match for clothing Derby dresses. I do a lot of one-of-a-kind special things that sometimes, truthfully, aren't that appreciated always in Chicago, and I thought they might be here. I got really excited thinking it was a great fit; Jenny and I do a lot of hat/dress combos. So that's how all that happened."
Abeln's involvement as hostess came from her friendship with Willis, who offered to support her friend's newest endeavor in any manner possible. "I have a lot of girlfriends who are big shoppers, and of course, they're trying to get their Derby wardrobe together. I just invited them to come down and take a look."
added that because Louisville is a new market for her, that she would like to see women in her clothes than worry about the price of her pieces on the outset.
wearing the designer's collection, according to
, is one key to getting her foot in Louisville's fashion scene.
Louisville is located at 558 S. Fourth St. For information on hours of operation, you may either call 502-292-9733 or email email@example.com. You may also follow the boutique on Facebook and Twitter.
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|This is the article on volume 24. For chapter 212, head to Crisis, Crisis, Crisis!!.
|Crisis, Crisis, Crisis!!
|(ピンチ・ピンチ・ピンチ!!, Pinchi, Pinchi, Pinchi!!)
|Volume Info
|Itachi and Sasuke, Brothers
|Release Date
|October 4, 2004 (ISBN 4-08-873660-0)
|November 6, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-4215-1860-2)
Crisis, Crisis, Crisis!! (ピンチ・ピンチ・ピンチ!!, Pinchi, Pinchi, Pinchi!!) is volume 24 of the Naruto manga.
Chapter 209
- "Supporter, Calling On!!" (助っ人、参上!!, Suketto, Sanjō!!)
Shikamaru tries to strangle Tayuya with his shadow before she can escape, and despite the technique being in close proximity of its target where it worked best, Tayuya is able to use the power of her cursed seal to resist his attack. Meanwhile, Kimimaro continues to defeat Naruto's waves of shadow clones. Just when all of his shadow clones are destroyed, the seal keeping Sasuke within his coffin dissipates and he emerges. Naruto tries to convince him to come back but he runs off. When Naruto starts to follow Sasuke, Kimimaro attacks but is blocked by Lee, who tells Naruto to go after Sasuke while he deals with Kimimaro.
Chapter 210
- "Lee's Secret!! " (リーの秘密!!, Rī no Himitsu!!)
Lee reminds Naruto that he promised Sakura that he would bring Sasuke back to Konoha. Naruto leaves Kimimaro to Lee and follows Sasuke. Back in Konoha, Guy races to Tsunade as soon as he returns from his mission. She informs him that Lee's surgery was a complete success, and both are then informed that Lee has left the hospital. Tsunade notices that Lee has forgotten his medicine, accidentally taking her sake instead. Guy is horrified by the news. Lee and Kimimaro begin fighting but Kimimaro has no difficulty predicting and blocking Lee's strikes. After Lee takes a short break to take his "medicine", he becomes drunk and assumes a Drunken Fist stance.
Chapter 211
- "Unorthodox…!!" (変則的…!!, Hensokuteki…!!)
Kiba leaves the safety of the river to hide on land. Elsewhere, Lee, drunk, attacks Kimimaro. Kimimaro is no longer able to predict and block Lee's attacks, as Lee himself does not know what he is doing. After Lee manages to land several blows and dodges all of Kimimaro's, Kimimaro makes greater use of his Shikotsumyaku, sprouting bones from all over his body to damage Lee whenever he attacks.
Chapter 212
- "Crisis, Crisis, Crisis!!" (ピンチ・ピンチ・ピンチ!!, Pinchi, Pinchi, Pinchi!!)
Kimimaro's manipulation of his skeletal structure allows him to block or neutralise all of Lee's attacks. This, combined with Lee's sobering up, again leaves him unable to damage Kimimaro. Lee persists despite his recent surgery, knowing he must buy time for Naruto. Elsewhere, Sakon searches for the hiding Kiba. Kiba believes he has escaped detection when Sakon begins to move away, only to be greeted by Ukon, who could approach unnoticed by wearing Kiba's coat, masking his scent with Kiba's own. Shikamaru meanwhile can no longer restrain Tayuya and she moves to finish him off. Before either he, Kiba, or Lee can be killed, one of the Three Sand Siblings appears and rescues each.
Chapter 213
- "A Great Debt…!!" (大きな借り…!!, Ōkina Kari…!!)
The Three Sand Siblings inform the Sasuke Recovery Team that the Fifth Hokage asked for their help, which, because of Naruto, they were inclined to provide. Gaara, seeing that Lee is still suffering from the injuries he inflicted, protects him from Kimimaro. Tayuya retreats when Temari arrives. Shikamaru briefs her on Tayuya's abilities and suggests retreating, but Temari is not interested. Sakon tries to merge with Kankurō in an effort to kill him and get at Kiba. Kankurō uses his puppets as shields which, being unable to merge with, Sakon is easily defeated by.
Chapter 214
- "Step Aside for a Moment…!!" (いったん退いて…!!, Ittan Hiite…!!)
Ukon appears to protect Sakon, allowing his brother to recuperate within his body. Taking advantage of the fewer targets, Kankurō navigates them into his Kuroari. Once they are trapped within it, Kankurō bombards it with knives, killing Sakon and Ukon. Elsewhere, Tayuya hides from Temari among the trees, She brings out a spare flute, but her sound-based genjutsu is unable to break through the gusts of wind generated by Temari's fan. Temari summons Kamatari, who levels the forest and crushes Tayuya under debris.
Chapter 215
- "Gaara of the Sand Waterfall " (砂瀑の我愛羅, Sabaku no Gaara)
Not wanting Gaara to fight by himself, Lee tries to help and attacks Kimimaro to try and provide an opening for him. Gaara restrains him and instructs him to not interfere, saying he doesn't need the help, especially from someone in Lee's condition. Kimimaro, seeing that Gaara does not rely on taijutsu like his two opponents, contemplates how to respond. He is quickly captured with Gaara's sand and crushed, but by activating the first stage of his cursed seal and strengthening his bones, he avoids death. Gaara tries once more, using even more sand to crush Kimimaro and the surrounding area, but Kimimaro again survives.
Chapter 216
- "Spear and Shield…!!" (矛と盾…!!, Hoko to Tate…!!)
With level two of his cursed seal active, Kimimaro is able to outrun Gaara's sand and break through some of his more basic defences. He uses his spine to immobilise Gaara and creates a battering ram out of bone. Kimimaro claims it to be capable of breaking through any defence, so Gaara creates his strongest defence: a Shukaku replica. As the two test which is superior, Orochimaru and Kabuto discuss Kimimaro. The last member of the Kaguya clan, Kimimaro is a natural prodigy with the clan's Shikotsumyaku. Both repeat their regrets that Kimimaro's illness will soon cause his death, depriving Orochimaru of such a useful ability.
Chapter 217
- "For the Sake of Those Precious" (大切な者の為に, Taisetsuna Mono no Tame ni)
Gaara's defence proves stronger than Kimimaro's attack. Defeated, Kimimaro finds solace in that, when he dies, he will continue to live on in Orochimaru's heart. Gaara tells him he has been brainwashed and buries him underground. Kimimaro attacks again as he sinks, sprouting a field of bones from the ground, but Gaara protects himself and Lee from damage. Kimimaro emerges from one of the bones, telling them he was not brainwashed and preparing another attack. He succumbs to his illness before he can follow through. Lee and Gaara discuss Kimimaro and how strong he was, which Gaara observes to have been because he fought for Orochimaru. Even if someone is evil, people who consider them precious will always fight for them. At the Valley of the End, Naruto finally tracks Sasuke down.
Author's Note
|Naruto's already at volume 24! In volume 24 of Dragon Ball, Goku was about to fight Ginyu. It was so awesome, I was way too hyper reading it... I gotta make Naruto more exciting!!
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To some, the name Sunshine Coast is a brilliant marketing ploy. Others insist that the 177-kilometre stretch of coastline northwest of Vancouver does indeed get more sun and enjoy warmer weather than the Lower Mainland.
I set out over a recent weekend to get to the bottom of things. Would I be basking in Caribbean-strength rays of golden sun ... or socked into the same old Vancouver clouds?
After taking the ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale - a 40-minute trip highlighted by a pod of otters frolicking in the sound - I started my weekend in the historic town of Gibsons. Auspiciously, the sun was blazing down: not a cloud in the coastal sky.
Settled by a British sea captain in 1829, Gibsons is perhaps best known as the setting for Beachcombers, the quirky Canadian TV series. Down at the harbour, I stopped in Molly's Reach restaurant, the scene of many a Beachcomber's episode, for a quick bite to eat. Atmospheric - with old screenplays on the wall - Molly's offers decent, if not exactly cheap, burgers and pub fare and nice views of the marina.
Properly nourished, I set out for Soames Hill, a popular local hike promising panoramic views of the town and the coastline. A kind of mini Grouse Grind, the trail ascends a steep, forested slope to a series of rocky promontories. After a half-hour of climbing, I was rewarded with a vista of blue seas and clear blue skies. Afterward, I followed the coastal road to one of the Sunshine Coast's most historic inns: the Bonniebrook Lodge. Originally built in 1929, the four-storey lodge sits near the water's edge and looks out on an expanse of pebble beach, driftwood and calm seas dotted here and there with the heads of seals. I climbed to my room on the fourth floor, where a small patio offered great views of the entire scene.
The Bonniebrook is also justly known for its restaurant, Chasters. If you're looking to go all out on a memorable dinner on this section of the Coast - white tablecloths and all - this is probably your best and perhaps only option. Cuisine is French-inspired: local fish, meat and fowl, prepared simply and tastefully. I can attest that the rack of lamb compares favourably with anything on offer in Vancouver.
The next day, I continued north along Highway 101, winding through long stretches of dense coastal forest - a vision of what Vancouver may have looked like a century or so ago. On a tip, I stopped just outside the town of Roberts Creek at Cliff Gilker Park. Easy trails parallel a series of sparkling streams, which tumble down waterfalls and whirl in eddies. The scenery feels primordial: towering groves of evergreens, trunks blanketed with thick green moss, and stands of ferns that thrive in the damp climate. Appetite piqued from my walk in the woods, I drove onto Sechelt, the commercial hub of life on the Sunshine Coast. Navigating through the weekend ferry traffic crawling through town, I headed for the waterfront - or what should have been the waterfront. Out of nowhere, a thick white mist had rolled in from the sea, settling over the beach and seawall and reducing visibility to practically nothing.
I grabbed a snack at a little café called Wheatberries and wandered out on to the fishing pier, semi-hidden in the chilly haze. Where sea, mountains and sky should have been was nothing but cloud and mist. It looked like my luck with the weather had run out.
But while Vancouver can be socked in for days at a time, in Sechelt the mist burned off in less than an hour. Before long, locals had taken to the beach and were basking on giant boulders, enjoying an early spring blast of vitamin D. A bald eagle called down from the top of a giant evergreen and, in the distance, a tugboat slowly cut the calm waters.
I snagged a seat on a prime park bench and could easily have stayed all afternoon, but nature called.
Not really the rustic, outdoorsy type, I still wanted to experience a night under the stars on the Sunshine Coast. So I decided to set up camp ... sort of. Just north of Sechelt is Rock-water Resort, which offers a unique type of accommodation called a "tent-house suite." Perched on a wooded slope above Secret Cove, Rockwater's "tents" are equipped with heated stone floors and fireplaces, queen sized beds and even bathtubs (They've got a lot more in common with a fancy hotel room than a tent, to be honest ... with a price to match.)
By the time I got settled in my tent-house, the sun was already starting to dip below Texada Island out in the Georgia Strait, throwing golden light over the water. A pair of eagles called back and forth, as the sky turned into a palette of pastels. After dark, I got my wish: a clear night sky crowded with glittering stars.
The next morning, my luck with the weather held. The day dawned warm (almost hot) and cloudless, and I continued my road trip north to Pender Harbour. At points, the highway here feels like little more than logging road, winding up and down hills and taking extreme twists. I hung a sharp left onto Francis Peninsula, a craggy headland thrust into the Malaspina Strait.
Easy to miss, with no signs I could find, is the newly created Francis Point Provincial Park. In 2001, some benevolent soul donated a massive swath of rugged, waterfront property to the province. I wandered along a trail studded with some of the last old growth Western hemlocks on the coast - looming like giants over their second-growth brothers.
Along the coastline, the terrain turns drier, nearly Mediterranean, with rusty-coloured Arbutus trees clinging to rocky outcroppings high above the strait. A 30-minute hike took me to a craggy headland marked with a tiny white lighthouse. A pair of seals floated just offshore. Apart from a boat motoring through the water, there wasn't a soul in sight.
To cap off the weekend, I had arranged a stay at the Sunshine Coast's biggest resort ... though biggest is a relative term. Painted Boat consists of 31 villas built on the edge of Gerrans Bay, a tidal lagoon that drains and fills twice daily. Taking advantage of the spring sun, kids were doing cannonballs into the resort pool, while a family was in the midst of a heated round of bocce ball on the lawn.
Painted Boat has developed a loyal following among foodies, who make the 2½-hour trek from the Lower Mainland to the resort restaurant for some of the coast's better cuisine. Putting on European airs, Painted Boat even offers something called a Chef in a Villa option. If you're ready to splurge, executive chef Marcus Bugoy will knock on your door with all the ingredients for a five-course tasting menu. While he chops, aerates, fricassees and bakes, guests can sit back and enjoy the view from the patio, as the sun sinks lower and the shad-Bar ows lengthen over the resort marina.
Bugoy's signature dish is already a local legend: handmade lobster tortellini drizzled with warm tarragon vinaigrette.
Just after sunset, I trekked down to the lagoon and wandered out on the docks, where boats were tied up tightly for the night. A pair of boys cast fishing poles into the glass-still water. Somewhere, a bald eagle was sending its shrill cry into the night. Other than that, there was absolute silence.
The scene felt about a million miles from the traffic and Lululemon-clad mobs of the Lower Mainland. As Vancouver has become a global destination, true getaways from the city have a become harder to find - Whistler, Vancouver Island and even the Okanagan has become crowded with travellers, but, remarkably, the Sunshine Coast remains largely overlooked - at least for now. At least if you get as lucky with weather as I did, doesn't hurt either.